Research Article
Helical Tomotherapy Combined with Capecitabine in the Preoperative Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
Table 2
Acute toxicities, perioperative complications, and late morbidities in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.
| Acute toxicities | (%) |
| Grade 3 or 4 toxicities | 4 (11.1) | Nausea/vomiting | | Grade 1 | 5 (13.9) | Grade 2 | 1 (2.8) | Diarrhea | | Grade 1 | 11 (30.6) | Grade 2 | 10 (27.8) | Grade 3 | 4 (11.1) | Leukopenia | | Grade 1 | 2 (5.6) | Grade 2 | 1 (2.8) | Anemia | | Grade 2 | 3 (8.3) | Frequency/urgency/cystitis | | Grade 1 | 6 (16.7) | Grade 2 | 3 (8.3) | Dermatitis | | Grade 1 | 22 (61.1) | Grade 2 | 5 (13.9) | Hand-foot syndrome | | Grade 1 | 1 (2.8) | Grade 2 | 1 (2.8) |
| Perioperative complications | (%) |
| Anastomotic leakage (after low anterior resection) | 2 (6.9) | Pelvic abscess (after low anterior resection) | 1 (3.4) |
| Late morbidities | (%) |
| Grade ≥ 3 toxicities | 5 (14.3) | Colitis | | Grade 1 | 3 (8.6) | Grade 2 | 2 (5.7) | Small bowel obstruction | | Grade 2 | 2 (5.7) | Grade 3 | 2 (5.7) | Anastomotic stenosis | | Grade 1 | 1 (2.9) | Grade 2 | 4 (11.4) | Grade 3 | 1 (2.9) | Fistula | | Grade 4 | 2 (5.7) | Chronic diarrhea | | Grade 1 | 4 (11.4) | Grade 2 | 2 (5.7) | Stool incontinence | | Grade 2 | 1 (2.9) | Ureter adhesion or stricture | | Grade 1 | 4 (11.4) | Grade 2 | 3 (8.6) | Cystitis and/or hematuria | | Grade 1 | 4 (11.4) | Grade 2 | 4 (11.4) |
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